Boll-weevil catcher



, H. J. POPE.

BOLL WEEVIL CATCHER.

' APPLICATION FILED oar. 19. 1920.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

H. J. POPE.

BOLL WEEVIL CATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED our. 19,1920.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

r H. J. POPE.

'BOLL WEEVIL CATCHER. APPLICATIDN FILED OCT. 19'. 1920.

Patented Feb; 28, 1922;

-. and useful Improvements in Boll-Weevil Catchers, of which the following is a speci- UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAMPTON J. POPE, OF BOLLING, ALABAMA.

'IBOLL-WEEVIL/ cA'rcHnR.

To all whom; it mO/g concern:

Be it known that I, HAMPTON J. Porn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bolling, in the county of Butler and State of Alabama, have lnvented certain new invention comprises certain novel combinapended claims.

tions, constructions and arrangements .of parts as will be hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the ap- In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side'elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the presentinvention. I

Figure 2 is a rear'view of my machine.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the machine.

Figure 4 is a section, taken on line 44, Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.-

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the machine, showing particularly the paddle wheel supporting frame.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the pan.

Figure 7 is. a sectional view, taken on line 7-7, Fig. 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary, plan view of the lower end of the hood, prior to folding, while I Figure 9 is a fragmentary view of the hood, showing it on the bars of the paddle wheel supporting frame.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

l-designates the beamito' the rear end of which are secured the handles 2. The driving wheel 3 is suitably attached to the beam,

and fastened by means :of shaft 4, to wheel 3, is a sprocket 5. Upon sprocket 5, is a sprocket chain 6, and this chain is passed over sprocket 7, which sprocket -7 is fastened to shaft 8;. To the inner end of shaft Specification of Letters Patent.

to a boll weevil Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial-No. 417,960.

8 is secured a beveled gear 9, and beveled gear 9 meshes with a beveled gear 10 on shaft 11. F ixedly secured to shaftll is a sprocket 12, upon-which sprocket 12 is positioned a sprocket chain 13. The sprocket chain 13 1s also positioned upon a sprocket 14, Fig. '2, which sprocket 14 is secured to shaft'15.

The fan or paddle wheel 16 includes shaft 15., discs 17, arms 18 and blades '19.

The paddle wheel 16 is carried by a supporting frame comprising pairs 20 of standards, each pair 20 including an inner standard 21 and an outer standard 22. Each standard is twisted as at 23, near its lowerend, and the lower end extends below the beam 1, Fig, 5. The upper ends of the standards are ad uStably fastened to the horizontal bars 24. The upper ends of said standards are spread apart in substantially a V shaped manner, giving greater rigidity to the frame, constituted by said standards and bars. In the apertures 25, near the outer ends of the bars ,25, is journaled the shaft 15. A brace 26 is attached, at 27, to one of the bars 24, and the other end of the brace is attached to the outside ofone of the handles 2. A suitable tightening device 28 (Figs. 2 and 3) is attached to the brace 26, at 29, for-pressing upon the sprocket chain 13 and keeping the chain from jumping or becoming displaced accidentally off its. sprockets 12 and 14; this tightening de-- vice is common in the art, and isof any ordinary construction.

Beneath the fan or paddle wheel 16, I place a pan 30. This pan 30 includes a poison liquid-containing body 31 with a flat back 32 that is attached, by fastening means extending through apertures 33. and slots 33 in the dependingg'lower ends of the standards 21 and 22, directly under the paddle wheel. The forward end of the pan 3O isprovided with a projection 34, which projection has a nose 35 and a comparatively long slanting side 36 for directing the plants positively against. the outer side of the pan so that the paddle wheel canbrush the boll weevil, potato bugs or' insects into the pan, and-by reason of poison'liquid being in the pan theifl Wi be k lled- The top of the projection 34L is closed by means of stopper or cap 37. The pan, including the projection, can easily be filled with poison fluid.

A pair of vertical, hood-supporting standards 38 are fastened near their lower ends by any ordinary means to the bars 24, and each upright 38 is provided near its upper end with a horizontal block 39. A .Sheetmetal hood 40 is fastened to the blocks 39 by bolts 41 passing through the hood and the blocks (Fig. 2 The lower end of the hood 40 is slitted, at 42, for producing the horizontal lugs 43, resting upon the top of the bars 2 1 (Fig. 9) and the vertical lugs 45L, resting against the inner vertical faces of the bars 24. A rod 45 extends through the bars 24 and lugs 44, fastening the hood at its lower end against displacement ofl the bars 24.

It is to be noted that the standards 21 and 22 are fastened together below the beam 1, at 21 so that when the standards are moved, all will be moved in a vertical plane together. The pan 30 is also fastened to the lower depending ends of the standards 21 and 22 through the medium of suitable fastening means placed in the apertures 33 and the elongated slots 33' of the standards. Hence, when the standards are moved, the pan ,3() and the paddle wheel will be moved simultaneously.

The ,object'in thus arranging the machine is to enable the farmer to make arrangements for working cotton at any height he finds'necessary. It may be necessary to have the pain .30 close to the ground, or some distance above it. Of course, the relation between the paddle wheel to the pan must be kept constant, therefore, the fastening of them together.

It is to be noted that slots 33" in the upper .ends of the standards 21. and 22, enable the hars 2d and the standards to be ad justably seciiredftogether, so that the paddle wheel can be raised away from the pan, or lowered slightly toward the same. at the V will of the operator.

In operation the machine is pulled along the row by a mule or horse, and the paddle wheel is caused to hit against thefcottou plants, brushing the insects or boll weevils i into pan 30 and. by reason of the pan containing poison fluid or insects will be killed. 7

"IVhi'l'e I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, and have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawpoisoir powder, the

ings, certain minor changes oralterations' may'appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, during the extensive manufacture of the same and I, therefore,

' reserve the right to make such alterations or (ih'anges as fairly fall within the scope di epp nde lai e C under said paddle wheel and carried by the and paddle wheel for rotating the same.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a beam, of pairs of stand ards supported'upon saidbeam, each pair of standards arranged inthe form of a V, a attached to the upper ends of each ai s! standards, a paddle wheel journaled upon said bars, handles secured to said beam, a brace connected at one end to one of the bars and at the other end to one of said handles, a pan carried by the beam under said paddle wheel, and'means for 'driving or rotating said paddle wheel. Y

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a beam, of a frame secured to said beam, said frameinc'luding bars, a paddle wheel journaled upon said bars, hood-supporting standards attached to said bars, a. hood supported near one end upon said standards and supported at its other end upon said bars, a pan positioned beam, and means for rotating the paddle 1 wheel. r 7

l. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a beam, a frame supported upon said beam, of hood-supporting: standards carried by said fram'e,'blocks secured to the upper ends of said standards, a hood engaging said blocks and standards, pairs of bolts passing through theblocks and through the hood, a paddle wheel journaled 7 iipoiisaid frame benealth said hood, a pan 11 carried by the beam beneath said paddle wheel, and means for rotating said paddle wheel. I

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a beam, of a frame su ported upon said beam, said. frame including a pairof bars; a hood supported at its outer end upon said bars, the inner end of said hood being s'litted and bent prod'ucing a pair of horizontal lugs and a pair of x'*er'- tical lugs, sa d horizontallugs resting upon said bars, said vertical lugs resting against or contiguous to the inner faces of the bars, a rod extending through the bars and the vertical lugs securing the hoodagainst displacement at its inner end off the bars, a paddle Wheel journaled upon the bars be neath the hood, andnieans for rotating the Pa dle Wheel. 4 i

gfzlf t achine of h 1535 l i the paddle wheel, and means "for rotating the paddle wheel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

HAMPTON J. POPE.

Witness:

J. H. S'IEINER, 

